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August 28, 2006
Guard the Borders Blogburst
By Heidi at Euphoric Reality
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
-Arnold Toynbee
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates, and through them passes a wild motley throng.
-Thomas Bailey Aldrich, “Unguarded Gates,” 1895
You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American.
-Woodrow Wilson, Address to New Citizens, 1915
Those who favor unrestricted immigration care nothing for the people.
-Sam Gompers, founding president, AFL, 1921
Why was the border guard so thin? Did the Romans not notice…that their way of life was changing forever?
-Thomas Cahill, 1995
No society has a boundless capacity to accept newcomers, especially when many are poor and unskilled.
-Robert Samuelson, economist and Newsweek columnist, 2005
We can’t protect our own borders.
-Donald Rumsfeld, November 29, 2005
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Posted by LindaSoG at August 28, 2006 08:31 PM